Industry Responses to Identity Theft

GuidanceFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Identity Theft
Phishing

Successful frauds tend to be replicated until they no longer work. Financial institutions can help reduce identity theft, including account hijacking, by encouraging information sharing so that identity theft frauds are thwarted sooner. A number of such information-sharing efforts are noteworthy including those sponsored by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation (ITAC), and Infragard, in addition to individual financial institution Web sites.

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